Walking Wartime Britain - Season 1

Walking Wartime Britain - Season 1

Season 1

Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II
Network
Episodes6
DatesSept. 14, 2021 - Okt. 19, 2021

Episodes

Liverpool
Season 1Episode 160 min

Liverpool

Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams discovers the people and places that changed the course of the Second World War. He begins in Liverpool, Britain's most important wartime port, which landed vital food and armaments from the Atlantic convoys.

Sept. 14, 2021
Devon
Season 1Episode 260 min

Devon

Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams travels to South Devon to learn about the various wartime visitors that wound up in the region, including thousands of London's evacuee children, Belgians who fled from the Nazis, and students who were being trained for war.

Sept. 21, 2021
London
Season 1Episode 360 min

London

Arthur Williams explores London, starting out at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz. At Soho's Cafe de Paris, he learns how the blackout affected the capital's nightlife, and visits London Zoo, to find out how the animals coped during the bombing.

Sept. 28, 2021
Hampshire
Season 1Episode 460 min

Hampshire

Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war. He heads deep underground to discover how the London Transport Board kept London moving, and how underground tunnels kept Londoners safe from the bombs. At Senate House he discovers the true story of the Ministry of Information before heading to London Zoo to discover what role the animals played in keeping spirits up. Finally, he visits the Central London Mosque, to find out how the war changed London forever.
Okt. 5, 2021
East Anglia
Season 1Episode 560 min

East Anglia

Arthur Williams discovers how the people of East Anglia prepared for German invasion, planting mines on the tourist beach at Great Yarmouth building concrete defences and exploding riverbanks at Leiston.
Okt. 12, 2021
South Wales
Season 1Episode 660 min

South Wales

Arthur's journey ends in South Wales, the industrial heartland of wartime Britain, where he learns about barrage balloons that protected the docks and the story of the Bevin Boys.
Okt. 19, 2021

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